Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Key: Am Verse 1: Am C It is always quite foolhardy for a young and ill-trained party D E To gather at a tavern and to say Am F We have had it with our teachers. G E Let’s go off and kill some creatures, Am G E Am And find a ton of gold to haul away. Chorus: G C G And that is called bashing the balrog. Am E And the people who long to attack C G Think, once they have bashed on the balrog, F E Am The balrog will not bash them back. Verse 2: Am C It is equally foolhardy for that armed and eager party D E To win one lucky battle and feel sure, Am F We have polished off a goblin, G E But he left our fighter hobblin’. Am G E Am Perhaps this magic potion is the cure. Chorus: G C G And that can make bashing the balrog Am E Too much for the cleric and elf, C G Who find, when they’re facing the balrog, F E Am That their fighter is not quite himself. Verse 3: Am C It is even more foolhardy for the changed and weakened party D E To stare back at the balrog and to say Am F We can zap and we can bite you. G E We are quite prepared to fight you. Am G E Am We suggest you turn around and fly away. Chorus: G C G And that’s called insulting the balrog, Am E For balrogs aren’t easy to bluff. C G They know, with a competent balrog, F E Am No army is half strong enough. Verse 4: Am C And it’s just a bit too tardy when a member of the party D E Succeeds at his IQ roll and exclaims Am F Try a Light spell or Entangle G E While I get a better angle, Am G E Am For I think I know a way to douse his flames. Chorus: G C G And that is called fleeing the balrog, Am E And those who are wiser agree: C G While comrades are bashing the balrog, F E Am It’s safest to go climb a tree. Verse 5: Am C It is almost as foolhardy for the others in the party D E To bravely join the fray with spell and sword. Am F It has no chance of destroying. G E At the worst you’ll be annoying, Am G E Am And at best you’ll keep the foe from being bored. Chorus: G C G And that is called bashing the balrog. Am E But should any witness survive, C G He’ll see, once you’ve bashed on the balrog, F E Am The balrog will skin you alive. Verse 6: Am C So no matter just how hardy be the fools within your party, D E And no matter just how lucrative your aim, Am F If it ever is suggested G E You can get by unmolested, Am G E Am You should rise and pound the table and exclaim, Chorus: G C G We never can win against balrogs, Am E However the dice might be tossed. C G For the rules of this game are obscure and arcane, F E Am E And the party that plays it is lost, lost, lost! F E Am And the party that plays it is lost!
